From the ECS State Policy Database Standards--Implementation

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Removes the authority of the State Board of Education to modify proposed content and performance standards in core curriculum areas. Deletes the statement that the standards are not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to appoint content standards review panels in each subject area to review the content standards established in its particular subject matter and revise the standards as the panel deems necessary. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2701-2750/ab_2744_bill_20040826_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2744_veto.pdf Title: A.B. 2744 Source: California Legislative Web site CA Vetoed 09/2003 P-12 Requires the superintendent of public instruction, commencing in 2005, to conduct a periodic review of the content standards in areas of reading, writing, mathematics, history/social science, and science, and as part of that review, to hold regional public hearings. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt or reject any changes to the content standards deemed necessary and desirable and any conforming changes to the statewide performance standards. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_642_bill_20030905_enrolled.html Title: A.B. 642 Source: California Legislative web site VA Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Directs the Department of Education to develop a website enabling educators to suggest improvements to the Standards of Learning. Title: H.B. 159 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Directs the Board of Education, prior to adopting or revising Standards of Learning resource guides and lists of recommended textbooks in any Standards of Learning academic subject, to conduct public hearings; states that prior to conducting any such hearings, the Board shall give written notice by mail of the date, time, and place of the hearings to all local school boards and any other persons requesting to be notified of the hearings, including parents; publishes notice of its intention to adopt or revise SOL resource guides in the Virginia Register of Regulations. In addition, in order to provide appropriate opportunity for input from the general public, parents and teachers in each locality, local school boards shall solicit public comment prior to adoption or purchase of any Standards of Learning resource guides and textbooks in any Standards of Learning academic subject. Thirty days prior to adoption or purchase, the local school board shall make the teacher resource guides and textbooks available for review and comment by parents and teachers and other members of the public. Interested parents, teachers and other members of the public shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present information prior to final adoption or purchase by a local school board. Title: H.B. 2777 Source: http://hod.state.va.us/welcome.htm VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Provides that the Standards of Learning in all subject areas shall be subject to review and revision every five years, beginning no later than 7/1/2000, to maintain rigor and to reflect a balance between content knowledge and the application of knowledge. Title: H.B. 633 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet